“The studio is a place where I can experiment before I'm prepared for an idea to become a body of work, or a new way of working, or a way of working that can sustain me over a period of time.” WayI CanIdeasBodyPeriodsPreparedStudiosExperimentsNew Ways Author:Chris Ofili
“We all know we have a finite period of time. I just feel if I'm going to be alive, I want to be challenged - to be as immortal as possible. The path to that isn't an easy way, but it's a rewarding way.” IfsKnowsWayWantFeelsEasyPathAlivePeriodsImmortalFiniteEasy Way Author:Frank Ocean
“I would love to do a period piece - in the 18th or 17th century. To me, it would be such an incredible challenge because of the way people carried themselves. There are so many incredible stories within those centuries - just the language and the way they carried themselves and what they were going through.” PeopleWayStoriesWould BeLanguageChallengesPiecesCenturyPeriodsIncredibles17th Century Author:Amy Smart
“In the '80s, the way radio was programmed, if you didn't have a hit record you weren't going to be able to make any more records. That was it, period.” IfsWayAbleRecordsPeriodsRadio80s Author:Huey Lewis
“Our hopes of avoiding the fate which threatens must...[be to make]adjustments that will be needed if we are to recover and surpass our former standards...and only if every one of us is ready to individually obey the necessities of readjustment shall we be able to get through a difficult period as free men who can choose their own way of life. Let a uniform minimum be secured to everybody by all means; but let us admit at the same time that with this assurance of a basic minimum all claims for a privileged security for particular classes must lapse.” IfsMenWayMeanAbleDifficultClassFateSecurityParticularReadyNeededPeriodsStandardsClaimsFormerUniformsMinimumPrivilegedAvoidingAssuranceAdjustmentFree ManSecuredLapses Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“I guess maybe my art can be said to be a protest. I see things a certain way, and as an artist I’m privileged in that arena to protest or say publicly what I’m thinking about. Maybe the strongest work I’ve done is because it was done with indignation. Considering myself as a feminist, I don’t want my work to be a reaction to what male art might be or what art with a capital A would be. I just want it to be art. In a convoluted way, I am protesting- protesting the usual way art is looked at, being shoved into a period or category.” ThinkingWayWantArtSaidDoneMightWould BeArtistCertainPeriodsArt IsMalesFeministReactionsProtestStrongestCategoriesUsualConsideringPrivilegedArenaIndignationConvoluted Author:Nancy Spero
“Here was a period where I was particularly attacked, and in untrue ways, some people online said some things that were not true about me - but it was very hurtful. And there was like, a period of time that it was very panicky, I was very upset. And my son at the time was, I guess seven, eight months old, and I would wake up early with him and let my wife sleep.” PeopleWaySaidSleepWifeSonMonthsPeriodsWake UpSevenEightMy WifeUpsetOnlineMy SonUntrueHurtfulUp Early Author:David Plotz